Around this time of year, there are a probably a few of you who live in warmer climates who are wishing for a white Christmas. Well, this is not exactly the real deal, but with kids out of school next week, here’s a fun idea to keep little ones busy: make faux snow.

To make this faux snow, you only need three things: a bar of ivory soap, a roll of toilet paper and water. Here’s how to make it. Start by shredding up chunks of the toilet paper into a big plastic tub with a lid. Now use a grater or a peeler (parents help needed here if the children are too young) to shave off thin pieces of the Ivory bar of soap. Add the soap shreds to the shredded toilet paper. Now add water. The amount of water you add is up to you. You need enough to combine it all together well, but not too much, or you won’t be able to mold and play.

Now the fun part…getting your hands into this slimy mixture. Some call this stuff clean mud, and other’s call it faux snow, but either way, it’s something fun for the little ones. You can mold and create or just get your hands in to feel how it feels, because it feels really cool.

When you are finished playing, just rinse off your hands because they’re already clean. You can leave the mixture in the container and just cover with the lid to play with it again later. When you’re ready to throw it out, squish most of the water out and then throw it in the trash, just not down the drain.

It’s a fun way to talk about snow with little ones who haven’t experienced it yet. …just good clean fun. (pun intended).

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